Rick Patrick
rick@greenepublishing.com
According to a report from the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP), a three-vehicle crash occurred on Interstate 10 during the early afternoon of Thursday, July 17. The preliminary investigation revealed that a sedan, driven by a 56-year-old Madison, Ala. woman, was traveling west on I-10, near mile marker 251, in Madison County. Another vehicle, a sedan driven by a 28-year-old Tallahassee man, was also traveling west on I-10. The Tallahassee man attempted to pass the car driven by the woman when the woman failed to stay in her lane of traffic and struck the right side of the car driven by the Tallahassee man. After the collision, the man veered to the left and oversteered while trying to correct. This caused his vehicle to rotate as it entered the outside lane of travel. A third vehicle, a flatbed truck driven by a 32-year-old man from Tallahassee, was also traveling west on I-10 at the same location in the outside lane. The truck hit the second sedan and began to overturn as it left the roadway to the right. The truck left the roadway and struck a tree, causing the truck to lay on its side.
Neither drivers of the sedans reported injuries. The driver of the truck sustained minor injuries.
The FHP was assisted at the scene by officers from the Madison County Sheriff’s Office and Madison County Fire Rescue.